http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Awesome_Talking_Library.html Awesome Talking Library
According to their Web page, Awesome Talkster combines a browser, directory, search engine, and text-to-voice technology. This allows you to select online text and have it read to you. Children can have the Web pages read to them slowly, but adults can have pages read at normal speed. Click Here for a Free Copy No Ads, No Spyware, No Trial Period. This is "Freeware," courtesy of Code-it. Keeping in mind the adage that there is no such thing as a free lunch, I downloaded a copy of Talkster after first running a spyware check on my computer, and then running the same spyware check after installation and use. I did not get any indication of problem. Disadvantages: it is a large program that takes a long time to download. If that is a problem, you can order a CD of the program for $10.00. Browse in Spanish, French, German, Russian, Dutch,Arabic, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, or Japanese.
The voice is rather robotic (think train station announcements or a robot from Star Wars), but it is able to pronounce difficult words with some clarity. You can simply add the URL address of the piece you want read to you. You can highlight sections to read and click on the 'selected' button to read only those sections. I tried several of the addresses in this blog, as well as the blog itself, and it read them all. Download on a network T 3 connection was about 5 minutes total.
It works on PCs (not Macs) from Windows 95 to XP. Developed by EDI(Evaluation and Development Institute) and Dr. Jerry Adams.
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